MacArthur's so-called abandonment was not to curry favor with Tang Qiuli, let alone under the pressure of Huang Qiuli, if he didn't want these American soldiers to die, Tang Qiuli had no choice but to take a gun and chase him to the US military camp to kill people, right?

What really made MacArthur make such a humiliating and painful choice was the last few words of Tang Qiuli retold by Stilwell, "As long as I want, I can leave Manila at any time, and you will bear the wrath of nearly a million soldiers in the independent division," This is the most fatal reminder to MacArthur that Tang Qiuli has become a force to be reckoned with in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, which can influence the situation in the region./

This force is far away from the Americans, although the possibility of an alliance with the Japanese is very small, but it does not prevent this hard-line Chinese from sticking a knife in his back, which is MacArthur's most frightening point, he can put on an arrogant posture in front of Tang Qiuli, or he can deliberately despise this person, although his personality is at fault.

If Tang Qiuli leaves in a fit of rage, MacArthur's deliberate plan will come to naught, and once the Japanese target the power of the Americans, how should they deal with it?

At present, the strategic focus of the United States is not in Asia, not in Southeast Asia, but in Europe, in the battlefield where the British and the Germans wrestled, the British, who were beaten by Hitler to almost collapse, need constant blood transfusions from the United States in order to support themselves, and Southeast Asia and the South Pacific region are extremely small chess pieces in the eyes of the top decision-making level of the United States.

Therefore, the core strategy of the United States at present is to avoid conflict with the Japanese as much as possible in Asia, and to fully support Britain, France, and other countries in Europe against the Germans.

MacArthur could only use a combination of upright and despicable means to fight the greatest interests for the United States at the lowest price, and Tang Qiuli's troops and the Japanese troops in the Indochina Peninsula fought to the death, which was the core of this plan.

MacArthur's politician face is fully revealed at this time, Tang Qiuli's reasons and demands seem absurd and ridiculous, naïve and incredible, this is probably the so-called "face" of the Chinese, well, I will use the lives of thirty-four American soldiers to satisfy your face, as long as you can sit at the conference table, I MacArthur will be sure to spit out everything you shouldn't get!

MacArthur stopped, his face had calmed down, and he said to the dizzy Stilwell: "General Stilwell, you immediately go to the scene and order the gendarmerie to execute those troublesome soldiers on the spot, remember, you must be in front of Tang Qiuli, and tomorrow night, I will entertain all the **** dignitaries who came to attend the meeting, and you are responsible for informing the Chinese." ”

Stilwell opened his mouth, he didn't expect this result, but this old bastard, and handed over the errand of offending people to himself, the dignified chief of staff of the US military headquarters in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, became a supervisor and beheader, in front of the Chinese, executed his subordinates, needless to say, once this news spreads, his ancestors will be scolded by the US soldiers in heaven.

But what can be done, the official level crushes people to death, Stilwell can't help but carry out the commander-in-chief's order, but he can't let MacArthur stay out of the matter and take himself out, Stilwell groaned and said: "General, according to the regulations of our army, the execution of soldiers in non-wartime requires the signature of the supreme military commander before the gendarmes can carry it out.

MacArthur glanced at it, Stilwell with a stern face, and scolded in his heart, "This dirty Texas cowboy, if he doesn't drag himself into the water, he won't be reconciled," are all old soldiers, and the regulations of the U.S. military, not to mention that they are ripe, are also well understood, and what Stilwell said is reasonable, and MacArthur has no excuse or reason to shirk.

MacArthur picked up the pen on the table, "brushed" and wrote a line, Stilwell read it, carefully put it in his pocket, saluted, said goodbye and, looking at Stilwell's figure, disappeared into the living room, MacArthur was stunned for a while, and suddenly angrily threw the pen and inkwell out of the window, like a wounded beast, roared, "Villain, this Chinese villain, I will make you pay a hundred times the price!" ”

On the night of September 13, 1940, in the downtown area of Manila, outside the door of a Chinese shop, although it was already late at night, there was a huge crowd of onlookers, which was a big event that caused a sensation in the whole of Manila.

The parties who broke into the monstrous disaster, not only did not run, but also leisurely stayed at the scene The US military police did not look like surveillance, but seemed to be on guard, and the citizens of Manila were confused, and they couldn't understand things, the more they could attract people's curiosity, the citizens who had already lay down and were about to sleep with the yellow-faced woman next to them in their arms, also got up and joined the army of onlookers.

Shanhu glanced at the outside of the store, probed the brains and whispered crowds, grinned, and said to Tang Qiuli: "Xiaoqiu, the matter seems to be quite big, and the onlookers outside are afraid that there are tens of thousands, right?" That Stilwell guy went for more than two hours, and I don't know what the idea was! ”

Tang Qiuli smiled indifferently and said: "Huzi, the Americans don't want to lose face, and they don't want me to leave in a rage, now it's a dilemma, it is estimated that there should be a result, Stilwell took the arrow back, where is MacArthur scolding the street?" It is very likely that these American GIs who should be killed are victims of MacArthur, and by the way, are they all properly arranged? ”

Shanhu grinned, "Don't worry, Mei Xue and Lao Song Tou have already been sent away from the back door, there are more than 20 special guards on the periphery, if the US military police dare to do it, keep everyone's head, and make a big hole first, these guys in the special guards are fine!" ”

Tang Qiuli was relieved, although he concluded that MacArthur would eventually compromise and exchange the heads of these American soldiers for not leaving angrily, but putting Mei Xue in a hidden dangerous environment was the last thing he wanted, Mei Xue's injuries had just healed, and he definitely didn't want to see the scene of his wife lying in a pool of blood again.

If this is the case, Tang Qiuli will never forgive himself, he will ignore the consequences, and even give up the plan to attack Ito's Japanese army, and wave his army south to Luzon, so that the Americans will pay a heavy price for this, hoping that MacArthur and Stilwell will not be so unwise.

Stilwell finally came back, Tang Qiuli found that the American general, who had always had a straight waist, had a tall body, some hunchback, and was sluggish, as if he was pressed by something heavy in his heart, Stilwell glanced at Tang Qiuli, and said without a little feeling: "General Tang, General MacArthur authorized me to immediately execute these soldiers who violated military discipline, and asked you to supervise the entire execution process, I don't know what your opinion is?" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "I don't have the right to supervise the execution of military discipline by your beauties, but I can be a bystander, and at the same time, I also witnessed the whole process as a victim, hoping to change my opinion of the beauties."

Stilwell didn't even look at Tang Qiuli's interest, and handed the order signed by MacArthur to Major Johnson, who was waiting anxiously and burning, Major Johnson took it and looked at it, like a lightning strike, most of these soldiers who had been sentenced to death by the supreme military commander, he knew, to be honest, he didn't get any less benefits from these soldiers, of course, including women.

But now, he wants to carry out their execution with his own hands, looking at the stiff face of the chief of staff like a stone, Johnson didn't say anything with mixed feelings in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of gendarmes swarmed over, and the two of them held a seriously injured American soldier who fell to the ground, including the Filipino Cha Weng Song, and dragged them to the outside of the store.

They were unlucky, for more than two hours, they did not get any bandaging and treatment, and they groaned in pain, and Major Johnson, the judge of the gendarmerie, had compassion, but how dare he, the obvious thing, this Chinese who sat firmly in the chair and could not afford to provoke, was to preserve the evidence of the scene.

The American soldiers lying on the ground at their feet, he was still drinking coconut water with relish, Johnson couldn't help but curse, "Why don't you choke this Chinese to death," these American soldiers, thinking that they had been treated by their companions, carried them to the hospital, and kept saying "Thank you!" While opening his swollen eyes like a pig's head, he stared at Tang Qiuli and the mountain tiger with hatred.

Cha Weng Song's injuries were the lightest, he probably saw that something was wrong, struggled desperately, and kept shouting in his mouth, this time, the shouts were all in Filipino, except for the onlookers, no one understood, probably wronged or something, there was an American gendarme who knew the inside story, and hit him in the mouth with the butt of a gun, and Cha Weng Song's lips burst at that time, and a few front teeth fell.

The American gendarme who beat up the poor Weng Song thought hatefully, "If it weren't for you, the garbage, to ventilate the news, where would the rest of the matter, it would be you, this guy, who killed 38 soldiers, and when the shooting will be fired, I must shoot a few more shots, I can't let you die so happily." ”

It seems that being a dog is also a very risky industry, a burst of gunfire, just under the noses of tens of thousands of citizens in Manila, 34 US soldiers, executed by the military police, under the dim street lamp, Yin Hong's blood, splashed far away, salty sea breeze, mixed with a faint smell of blood, and then, was blown away by the wind.